CVTPC v4.5

CVTPC, Version 4.5, is a MDL application which facilitates importing survey points into Microstation design files. These survey points can be in a variety of ASCII input formats including comma-delimited, space-delimited, etc. The graphic elements which are placed in the design file can be text, points, lines, or cells. Preference files can be established for input symbology and level control.

Version 3.1 was recently upgraded to Version 4.5, which works with Microstation Version 8. Two additional capabilities were also added:
  1. Utilize Point Code to break Multipoint line strings into segments
  2. Preview Capability for imported elements

System Requirements

Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP or Intergraph workstation running MicroStation Version 8.

Downloading CVTPC

  • Please download and read the CVTPC user's manual in either Microsoft Word, cvtpc.doc, or Adobe Acrobat pdf format, cvtpc.pdf.


  • The CVTPC program is distributed in two ways, a CVTPCSetup.exe which is a Windows-type installation program, or as individual files which can be manually placed using Windows Explorer (i.e. File Manager).


    1. The easiest way to install CVTPC on your computer is to download CVTPCSetup.exe.Run the executable file. Both the files, cvtpc.ma and civsur.cel will be copied to the mdlapps directory under MicroStation, which is typically located in c:\Program Files\Bentley\Program\ MicroStation\mdlapps.
      Please note: The CVTPC application is not a Windows application and will not run directly under Windows. The installed application is a MicroStation Version 8 MDL program and must be run from within MicroStation.


    2. Download cvtpc.ma and civsur.cel to the MDL applications directory. If MicroStation resides on your C: drive, this directory will be something similar to C:\Program Files\Bentley\Program\MicroStation\mdlapps.
      Please note: The CVTPC application is not a Windows application and will not run directly under Windows. The installed application is a MicroStation Version 8 MDL program and must be run from within MicroStation.

CVTPC Version 3.1, for older versions of Microstation (7 or less)

Perform the following steps to download CVTPC to a Windows95/NT workstation:
  1. Download cvtpc.ma to the mdlapps directory on your computer.  This directory will probably be similiar to 'c:\usation\mdlapps'.
  2. Download and read the CVTPC documentation.  It is available in ASCII format or WordPefect format.
  3. If needed, you can download the sample model file (civsur.mod), attribute file (civsur22.att) and/or cell file (cvisur.cel).
Perform the following steps to download CVTPC to a CLIX workstation:
  1. Download cvtpc.ma to the mdlapps directory on your computer.  This directory will probably be similiar to 'c:\usation\mdlapps'.
  2. Download and read the CVTPC documentation.  It is available in ASCII format or WordPefect format.
  3. If needed, you can download the sample model file (civsur.mod), attribute file (civsur22.att) and/or cell file (cvisur.cel).
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Page Last Updated: August 21, 2003